Taste of the NFL
NFL's ‘Party With A
Purpose’ on the eve
of Super Bowl XLIX
to help end hunger
Friendly NFL competition is raising money for food banks nationwide. The nonprofit organization Taste of the NFL has pitted fans from all 32 NFL markets against each other to help end hunger by donating to their favorite NFL team’s fundraising page online. Since 1992, the organization has rallied the country’s top chefs and the NFL’s greatest players to raise money in support food banks throughout the U.S.
Avnet employees get a little extra motivation from Arizona Cardinals’ Big Red as the
company becomes the first ‘Hunger Champion’ in the 2014 Taste of the NFL.
Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc., along with E&J Gallo Winery, American Family Insurance and Low T Centers, is one of the partners that have lent an effort to Kick Hunger. As a Taste of the NFL “Hunger Champion,” Avnet’s employees have raised money and collected food throughout the year for St. Mary’s Food Bank, donating 22,816 meals to feed Arizona’s hungry.
This season, the program launched Sept. 5, 2014, and will culminate on the eve of Super Bowl XLIX on Jan. 31, 2015, at WestWorld in Scottsdale. The Super Bowl will be held Feb. 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. One hundred percent of donations will be distributed to the team’s local food bank partner. In Arizona, the Cardinals’ food-bank partner is St. Mary’s Food Bank.
NFL's All-Star 'Taste of the NFL' Team: L to R: Andrew Zimmern, Alyssa Milano and Chef Beau MacMillan
As part of the Taste of the NFL’s commitment to rallying the country’s top chefs to raise awareness and money, the organization appointed Andrew Zimmern as this year’s national culinary host for its Party with a Purpose. Zimmern, the creator, host and co-executive producer of Travel Channel’s hit series, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, will lead the charge alongside national celebrity spokesperson Alyssa Milano. Milano has spent most of her life in the public eye, first as a child actor and currently on Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars.
This year’s star-studded Party with a Purpose fundraising event brings together exceptional cuisine, prominent chefs from around the country, including Arizona Cardinals Celebrity Chef Beau MacMillan of elements at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain, and NFL players, coaches, legends and more, all to support the fight against hunger. Tickets for Party with a Purpose are on sale and can be purchase HERE.
